Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1] (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was actually unused:
drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c:459:6: warning: variable 'packet_id' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] 459 | u32 packet_id; | ^~~~~~~~~ However, in keeping with the documentation desires outlined in commit 335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output"), comment out the assignment instead of removing it. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-gli...@google.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1tgqcr5vqkczwj0qxk6cernou6eedsuda...@mail.gmail.com/ [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ca+55afwgbgqhbp1fkxvrkepzyr5j8n1vkt1vzdz9knmpuxh...@mail.gmail.com/ [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yvju65tplgn_ybynv0ve...@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 335abaea7a27 ("Input: sur40 - silence unnecessary noisy debug output") Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> --- drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c index 34d31c7ec8ba..620cdd7d214a 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/sur40.c @@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input) { struct sur40_state *sur40 = input_get_drvdata(input); int result, bulk_read, need_blobs, packet_blobs, i; - u32 uninitialized_var(packet_id); - struct sur40_header *header = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->header; struct sur40_blob *inblob = &sur40->bulk_in_buffer->blobs[0]; @@ -491,7 +489,7 @@ static void sur40_poll(struct input_dev *input) if (need_blobs == -1) { need_blobs = le16_to_cpu(header->count); dev_dbg(sur40->dev, "need %d blobs\n", need_blobs); - packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id); + /* packet_id = le32_to_cpu(header->packet_id); */ } /* -- 2.25.1